Where does “지” come from?
지 (Korean) comes from Middle Korean 디, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
지 (Korean): bamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂)
Definitions
- bamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂)
Ancestry of “지”, step by step
지 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Korean 디
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Korean | 디 | — |
| 2 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 3 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 4 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 5 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 6 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
via English zee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zee | The name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something... |
| 2 | English | zed | The name of the Latin-script letter Z; Something... |
| 3 | Middle English | zed | — |
| 4 | Old French | zede | — |
| 5 | Latin | zēta | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ζῆτα | zeta, the name for the sixth letter Ζ, ζ of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤆 | this |
| 8 | Egyptian | ? | — |
via Middle Chinese 指
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Chinese | 指 | — |